Washing attachment for tubs



T] "R. FRATTALLONE WASHING ATTACHMENT FOR TUBS April 19,1927. 1,625,306

Filed oct. 2, 1925 Patented Apr. 19, 1927.

' UNITED STATES 1,625,305 PATENT OFFICE.

Wasi-UNG ATTACHMENT Foa TUBS.

Application filed October Thisinvention relates to an attachn'xent for tubs for the purpose of washing clothes and has for its principal object to provide an air tinjector of an extensible nature which is adapted to operate in association With a vacuum cleaner'.

A very important yobject of the invention 1s to provide an lattachment of this nature which is compact in its formation and may be readily and-easily engaged within a tub.

Another very important object of the' in vention is'to provide an attachment of`this nature which is exceedingly simple in construction so that it may be manufactured at a low cost and yet will prove thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, strong and durable in use,` and otherwise well adaptedto the purpose for which it 1s olesigned.

Y l With theabove and numerous other objects in View as will appear as the description proceeds, theinvention resides in cer-y tain novel features of construction, andin the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described `and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a sectional view through the attachment and a tub with which it isassociated.

Figure 2 is a toplplan View of the struc-I ture shown in Figure 1.

Referring tothe drawing in detail will be seenthat 5 deslgnates a tub having the cover 6. In the present instance the upper edge of one wall of the tub is/provided with a notch 7. The tub may be of any preferred or conventional construction, and is merely illustrated for the purpose of clearly bringing out the utility of my invention.

Referring now in detail to the., attachment,I it will be seen that 8 designates a cylinder 'having a bottom 9 provided with a central opening 10 through which is slid" able a tube 11. The upper end of the cylinder, 8 tapers upwardly and inwardly, to form a substantially conicalshaped extension 1 2 terminating in an externally threaded neck- 13. Packing elements 14 are mounted on the upper endof the tube 11 and bear against the inside surface of the cylinder inverted cone shaped flange y16 1sl formed on the lower end of the tube 11 and is adapted to abut the bottom ofthe cylnder8 when thev tube 11 is in its contracted position as -shown in the drawing, and

/ 2, 1,925. Serial N0. 60,062.

functions as a stop. An angular nozzle 17 is threadedly engaged with the lower end of the tube ll and has its exhaust' end ared and provided with a restriction 18 a distance inwardly from `the terminal thereof.

A pipe 19 is adapted tol receive the exhaust Y ogee shaped spring member 25 has its upper end attached to the pipe 19 as at 26,

while its other end portion bears against the outside of the tub 5. An abutmentp27 is formed on an intermediate portion of the cylinder 8 and is adapted to engage the 1n-A ner surface bf the tub 5. vParticular stress is laid on the convenient and compact man' ner in which this attachment is mounted in relation to the tub. The attachment may be easily put in'place and easily removed from place. The slidable mounting of the tube 11 allows the nozzle 17 to be moved toward or away from the bottom of the tub as may be desired.V

In usingthe attachment it is put in place as is illustrated to advantage in .Figure 1, andthe clothes are placed in the tub with the necessary amountof water. The nozzle 17, of course, must be submerged in the Water. The vacuum cleaner (not shown) is then turned on so that. air will exhaust through its hose 20, through the pipe v19, through -a portion of the cylinder 8, and through the ,tube 11 to the nozzle 17. The air will exhaust in a ystrong penetrating stream through this nozzle 17 which may be pointed in Adifferent directions in the tub thereby causing the aerating of the water and further thoroughly agitating the water s0',as to cleanse the clothes therein. It has been'found in actual practice that this aerating and agitating of the water thoroughly cleans the clothes when a proper -soap or the like is used fin the water without in any lway tending to injure the c lothes, and the aerating particularly deodoriz'es the clothes.

It is thoughtth'at the construct-lon, operation, and advantages, and utility of the invention will) now be clearly understood without a more detailed description thereof.

. The present embodiment of the invention in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted tocwithout departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having'thus described the invention, what I claim as new is .1. An attachment of the class described includinga pipe adapted to be rested on the upper edge of a wash tub andrhaving one end thereof engageable by the hose of a vacuum cleaner and the other end depending and threaded, a cylinder having a restricted upper end threadedly engaged with the threaded end of the pipe, a tube slidable 'through the bottom of the cylinder, packing elements on the upper end of the tube contacting against the inner surface of the cylinder, and a nozzle on the lower end of the'tube.

2. An attachment of the class described includin a pipe adapted to be rested on the upper e ge of a Wash tub and having one end thereofA engageable by the hose or" a vacuum cleaner' and the other end depending and threaded, a cylinder vhaving a restricted u per end threadedlyengag'ed With the threa ed end of the pipe, a tube'slidable through the bottom of the cylinder, packing elements on-the upper end of the tube, contacting against the inner surface of the cylinder, a nozzle on the lower end of the tube, and a valve located in said pipe.

3. An attachment of the class described including a pipe adapted to be rested on thiupper edge o'f a Wash tub and having one end thereof` engageable by the hose of a vacuum cleaner and the other end depending and threaded, a cylinder having a restricted upper end threadedly engaged with the threaded end of the pipe, a tube slidable through the bottom of the cylinder, packing elements on the upper end of the tube contacting against the inner surface of the cylinder, a nozzle on the lower end of the tube, an abutment on the exterior surface of the cylinder for engaging the inner surface of said tub, and an ogee shaped spring member having one end attached'to the pipe and the other end engageable with the exterior surface of the tub.

4. An attachment -of the class described includinff a pipe adapted to be rested on the upper edge ofa wash tub andl having one end thereof engageable by the hose of a vacuum cleaner, a cylinder attached to the other end of the pipe to depend therefrom into the wash tub, a tube telescopically mounted in the cylinder to extend below the bottom thereof, and a nozzle on the lower end of the tube.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

THEODORE R. FRATTALLONE. 

